If I didn't include someone, they probably didn't play more than a few snaps or were terrible. I put dollar signs next to guys I don't think are a fit with our cap situation.

The grades are cumulative, so if someone got a high grade in few snaps, it means they were REALLY good for those snaps (i.e. Donald Thomas had a high grade playing only 60%ish of a normal starter's snaps, but made more of a positive impact in that time than most guards did in a full year). Same goes for really low grades (i.e. Jonathan Scott, Chris Spencer, Chilo Rachal are all pretty terrible because they got really low grades in part-time snaps).

Grades between +1.0 and -1.0 are considered to be average. Someone grading at 0.0 isn't failing to make a positive impact and isn't dragging a line down, they're just coasting along doing about what you'd expect.

Maybe Carimi has a future at LG. I hope we get something out of the kid.

Some players need a year or 2 to develop, I won't give up on him just yet. Cherlius was a complete flop as a rookie but has gradually improved with time. I think if Carimi puts in the time and effort, he could still develop.

Did a mock offseason today. Had a little fun. Think it turned out ok. The defense is probably going to regress some just because getting turnovers and defensive touchdowns at that rate is unsustainable, but the offense I put together should be plenty better than 2012. In free agency, I pretty much went with guys who I think will be undervalued for the production they provide. They come from the deeper positions in FA in the hopes that they'll be cheaper. They're the underappreciated solid types; no big flashy names. On some contracts, especially the extensions, I gave out extra guaranteed money for a lower total value, allowing for more cap flexibility.

With this mock, we finish right at the salary cap. I DID NOT restructure the Peppers contract because I wanted to retain the possibility of cutting him next year when we have a bunch of starters become UFAs. The 11M in cap space that would create may end up being necessary. The way Emery structured Forte's contract, he can be cut before next offseason to avoid big cap hits, too...so I didn't mess with that, either.

Draft: Round 1: Trade to ARI for Round 2 & Round 3Round 2: Arthur Brown, LB (1.0M first year cap)
Starts at SLB on day one. Roach fills in at MLB for one year until we find a replacement.Round 2: Will Davis, CB (0.8M first year cap)
Spends his first year as nickel corner. Moves to Jennings' spot in 2014.Round 3: Khaled Holmes, C (0.7M first year cap)
First year starter at Center.Round 4: Dion Sims, TE (0.6M first year cap)
Takes Spaeth's roster spot. Excellent blocker, decent receiver. Round 5: Kerwynn Williams, RB (0.5M first year cap)
Change of pace home run threat. Big time receiver out of the backfield. Returns kicks, too. A Darren Sproles type. 4.4 speed. Starts the season off as the #3 RB. Possibly the #2 in 2014. Will never be a workhorse. Round 6: Some boom-or-bust guy or someone who fell unexpectedly (0.5M first year cap, practice squad???)

Did a mock offseason today. Had a little fun. Think it turned out ok. The defense is probably going to regress some just because getting turnovers and defensive touchdowns at that rate is unsustainable, but the offense I put together should be plenty better than 2012. In free agency, I pretty much went with guys who I think will be undervalued for the production they provide. They come from the deeper positions in FA in the hopes that they'll be cheaper. They're the underappreciated solid types; no big flashy names. On some contracts, especially the extensions, I gave out extra guaranteed money for a lower total value, allowing for more cap flexibility.

With this mock, we finish right at the salary cap. I DID NOT restructure the Peppers contract because I wanted to retain the possibility of cutting him next year when we have a bunch of starters become UFAs. The 11M in cap space that would create may end up being necessary. The way Emery structured Forte's contract, he can be cut before next offseason to avoid big cap hits, too...so I didn't mess with that, either.

Draft: Round 1: Trade to ARI for Round 2 & Round 3Round 2: Arthur Brown, LB (1.0M first year cap)
Starts at SLB on day one. Roach fills in at MLB for one year until we find a replacement.Round 2: Will Davis, CB (0.8M first year cap)
Spends his first year as nickel corner. Moves to Jennings' spot in 2014.Round 3: Khaled Holmes, C (0.7M first year cap)
First year starter at Center.Round 4: Dion Sims, TE (0.6M first year cap)
Takes Spaeth's roster spot. Excellent blocker, decent receiver. Round 5: Kerwynn Williams, RB (0.5M first year cap)
Change of pace home run threat. Big time receiver out of the backfield. Returns kicks, too. A Darren Sproles type. 4.4 speed. Starts the season off as the #3 RB. Possibly the #2 in 2014. Will never be a workhorse. Round 6: Some boom-or-bust guy or someone who fell unexpectedly (0.5M first year cap, practice squad???)

Jason Smith was released by the Jets to save $12 mil. He graded out as pretty fantastic in 265 snaps last season, but was used mostly as a sixth lineman in jumbo packages. He'd be a really nice guy to take a flyer on for like a million bucks to compete for a job.

The concerns people had about him coming in? Speed and weight. Well, he's 23 pounds under his listed weight at MSU and was excellent in every measurable. 40 time just a hair faster than Ertz. I think he just jumped up a round. The twitter rumor is that he met with the Lions and they're all about him now.

On the other hand, Arthur Brown came into the draft at about the same size as Te'o, Ogletree, and Minter. Everyone else's height was inflated by their schools more than his and he packed on 13 lbs. That's exciting. It'll be great if he works out well at the new size because he's got the best MLB skills of the bunch. The only knock there was against him was that he was small enough that he'd have to play on the outside. If he can carry his new weight, he'd be a dream come true to replace Urlacher.

Brilliant letting one of Scott Pioli's henchmen have his own team to ruin. One of the premier GM jobs in the NFL and it gets handed to a stupid **** who makes three facepalm moves for every good one. Awesome. Just like handing a new Mercedes to a 16 year old girl who's already been in three wrecks.

Draft: [/color]Round 1: Trade to ARI for Round 2 & Round 3Round 2: Arthur Brown, LB (1.0M first year cap)
Starts at SLB on day one. Roach fills in at MLB for one year until we find a replacement.Round 2: Will Davis, CB (0.8M first year cap)
Spends his first year as nickel corner. Moves to Jennings' spot in 2014.Round 3: Khaled Holmes, C (0.7M first year cap)
First year starter at Center.Round 4: Dion Sims, TE (0.6M first year cap)
Takes Spaeth's roster spot. Excellent blocker, decent receiver. Round 5: Kerwynn Williams, RB (0.5M first year cap)
Change of pace home run threat. Big time receiver out of the backfield. Returns kicks, too. A Darren Sproles type. 4.4 speed. Starts the season off as the #3 RB. Possibly the #2 in 2014. Will never be a workhorse. Round 6: Some boom-or-bust guy or someone who fell unexpectedly (0.5M first year cap, practice squad???)

I see you did your homework, that would be a great draft but I doubt Arizona is willing to give up picks in this deep draft where a 2nd and 3rd rounder are worth their weight in gold.

Possible cuts outlined in orange. Peppers is obviously a super far out there longshot, as we currently have no replacement. I guess it's not completely impossible that we sign a free agent DE for cheaper or draft Tank Carradine or whatever and let him go, though, so I included him.

NEXT offseason, assuming no restructure this offseason, the cap savings from cutting Peppers would be 10.8 million.

NEXT offseason, the cap savings from cutting Forte would be 5.6 million.

A huge number of our starters are on the last year of their contracts right now and we'll need money to sign them, so I'm thinking this is the last season for Peppers and Forte.

There's a good chance we end up picking an early round DE AGAIN next year, unless Shea McClellin starts looking like a starter. Wootton is one of those FAs who'll need to be signed after this year, btw. I hope we extend him now to save some money down the line.

We signed Martellus Bennett. I'm not a huge fan of this. He's a decent all-around Tight End but I would prefer a guy like Eifert.

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Brilliant letting one of Scott Pioli's henchmen have his own team to ruin. One of the premier GM jobs in the NFL and it gets handed to a stupid **** who makes three facepalm moves for every good one. Awesome. Just like handing a new Mercedes to a 16 year old girl who's already been in three wrecks.

I love this. This is one of the best years I've seen to need a TE. There were tons of FA options and the draft class is deep enough to have first-year starters in the fourth round. If we'd spent a first on a TE when half of the defense is up for free agency next year, I'd have been angry. The best course of action now is to pick up a couple of second-tier FA OL guys and spend our first two picks on defense.

We got the best tight end available in free agency. He's a four-down player because he's just as good at blocking as blocking specialists. This is a big win. Just a little worried about fitting the contract in next offseason with all of the guys we're going to have to re-sign.

He played 91% of New York's offensive snaps last season. i think he'll do the same here. It's gonna move Rodriguez back to TE since he's not a WCO fullback. Davis and Spaeth are gong to get cut soonish.